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THINK OUTSIDE THE TOOLBOX.

Philosophy

The fundamental truth in commercial construction: you’re not building a structure, you’re building a business. That’s what sets Richard & Richard apart. We understand that your space must be a physical testament to your vision. That’s why, before we set the first nail, we make sure we understand not just your project parameters, but your idea of business success.

“For us, "scope of work" is merely a starting point. Our team members instinctively reach for greater success, addressing each item while aiming for the best possible end result. While other companies focus on industry standards for quality and workmanship, our standard is whatever it takes to achieve success.”

— Rick Woolsey, CEO

Accuracy

We don’t do guesswork. Experience has taught us that the only way to successfully meet your scope, timeline and budget is with a process that ensures accuracy at every level. At Richard & Richard, this process means accountability for each team member and transparency for you.

“When we look at a structure, what we see is an interconnected myriad of details - each one as important as the next. Seeing ahead of time how all these come together makes the difference.”

— Rod Andrew, Chief Estimator

Communication

Communication is the cornerstone of all success. Not just emails, but an open, thorough and frequent dialogue. At Richard & Richard, you’ll have one contact person, available to you day or night. Job description: to keep you informed of everything you need to know, when you need to know it.

“One big key to success is communicating thoroughly and frequently with clients and each other. That way, there are no ugly surprises.”

— Brad Allaband

Flexibility

Flexibility is the ability and willingness to react to your circumstances, rather than making you adjust to ours. Our broad skill sets and diverse network of partners allow us to scale for any size project and help shield your project from fluctuations in the market and economy.

“Flexibility is two things: experience and, quite frankly, willingness. We understand every facet of this business and therefore how to adapt. Just as importantly, we start every project knowing that, no matter the situation, we will do whatever it takes achieve success. Period.”

— Dave Rex, President

Partnership

What’s the difference between vendor and partner? A partner is someone who acts in your interest even when you’re not looking. Who understands your business, not just your budget. Who knows that the first job of a construction company is to build trust.

“Any building is a direct reflection of the partnership that created it. Strong relationships built on trust, communication and ethics result in projects that meet goals and stand the test of time.”

— Dave Rex, President

Strength

Our partners often tell us we combine the agility of a small company with the strengths of a big company. Richard & Richard has spent decades building the financial stability, breadth of resources, and economies of scale that can truly make a difference to your projects.

“Because of our experience and diversity of knowledge, we perform tasks that are supposed to require a company three times our size.”

— John Very, Vice President

Technology

Too many contractors are building 21st century projects with 20th century tools. Richard & Richard is the exception. We invest in proven technologies. Not for our own sake, but because it advances our capabilities and saves our clients time and money.

“Today, some of the most important construction tools don't go on your belt. They go on your screen. We're committed not just to adapt, but to lead.”

— Gary Seward, Lead Architect

CAPABILITIES AND SERVICES

Built on a Foundation of Experience

Richard & Richard handles diverse projects, encompassing a broad range of services, for both public and private sector. Many of our projects are either commercial, design/build or multi family services. And all of it supported by nearly 25 years experience in the industry working for public agencies, municipalities, commercial developers, architects and engineers, the military, and private developers.

“We provide design build, bid build and design assist with any project. And while we often manage and bond very large projects, every job that enters our office is treated with the same attention to detail. No matter the size, our focus is providing unmatched service toward an on-time, on-budget, above-expectation result.”

— Rick Woolsey, CEO

Construction Management

Management is the art of creating success. On a personal level, it means there is no quitting time. On a community level, it means awareness of localities and the environment. On a business level, it means offering the client options to work towards a Guarantee Maximum Price while ensuring value and quality.

Design Build Services

Design Build services are a key part of our concept-to-finish capability. But while we manage a team of certified architects and designers to realize your vision, you’ll have just one point of contact. And our familiarity with local municipalities means faster permits and processing for you.

General Construction

Richard & Richard have the flexibility to work to your situation. We provide conceptual designs and development through our own design team. We also have a long history of working closely with architects and engineers to deliver excellence. Either way, the goal is to exceed your highest expectations for the lowest cost.

LEED

Green construction can greatly reduce your operating costs, increase durability, enhance marketability and improve workspace productivity. Richard and Richard has completed numerous LEED-certified buildings, including many designed implementing the LEED program but never commissioned. Let us consult with you on new emerging technologies and practices to help you take full advantage and the knowledge LEED can provide.

Pre-Construction Services

Richard & Richard’s attention to detail, quality control process and resource management starts before the first nail is hit. We take pride in smart pre-construction planning. What do all of our plans deliver? The highest quality for your dollar.

Value Engineering and Consulting

Are you getting the best value on your project? Unlike firms that simply cut scope, R&R aligns each product and service to the intended use. Can we leverage partner discounts? How do we prioritize spending? Would we invest our own money this way? We focus not just on great product, but on great value.

Understanding the Structure of Your Business

Any commercial firm can construct a building. Richard & Richard will build a true reflection of your business. An environment that embodies your vision, enhances your operations, lowers your costs, and ultimately helps you grow your business. Explore some of our recent projects and see how we’ve helped clients turn concrete and steel into sales and revenues.

“We handle a variety of Tenant Improvements and Ground-Up projects. Specific strengths include restaurants, office, medical, industrial, apartments, student housing, senior housing, retail, Mix-use and Design Build. And while we do manage many large scale projects, we also have a passion for the small to medium projects that are the origins of this company.”

— Dave Rex, President

Breg

Location: Carlsbad, CA

Description: 88,329-sf Design-Build Tenant Improvement corporate headquarters of an international medical device company including corporate offices, machine shop, R&D, manufacturing, and warehouse. Project was completed in 3-months with a complex accelerated schedule and weekend move of a large medical device company.

Comic Con

Location: San Diego, CA

Description: 18,000-sf tenant improvement features new offices, conference rooms, new restrooms and break room. The project is located in one of downtowns historical buildings. The open office layout and perimeter windows allow for natural lighting throughout minimizing power consumption and promote employee productivity. The walls are painted bright colors to create a whimsical comic book theme and an overall fun working environment.

Creekside Marketplace

Location: San Marcos, CA

Architect: Smith Consulting Architects

Description: Demolition of the existing Lowe’s Garden Center and addition of a 15,300 sq. ft. of block building. We separated the entire building into two separate buildings by adding a block wall through the roof. We also reroofed one side of the two buildings. In addition, landscape and hardscape were added. All parking lot lights were replaced and the existing well was refurbished.

Fashion Lane

Remodel of the 24,000 sq. ft. existing office building into a Senior Day Care Center including professional offices, kitchen, dining room, salon, doctors’ offices and a rehab facility. The complete upgrade of the 42 year old building included structural work, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire system, elevator, and windows.

Flat Iron

Location: San Marcos, CA

Description: 45,700-sf Design-Build Tenant Improvement corporate headquarters include executive offices, manager and staff offices, restrooms, workout room and training rooms. Designed and built a complete new front façade to establish a corporate new look.

Mesa Rim Climbing Center

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: NOAA

Description: Mesa Rim 2.0 Mission Valley is a 28,000 sq. ft. climbing facility with 26,000 sq. ft. climbing area. The main supports of the building have been built in reverse and are exposed to the outside, which creates a brace frame architectural effect. The structure has energy management and water harvesting systems for efficiency. The center features bouldering, belay walls, weights, yoga, and a team building event area.

San Digerito United Methodist Church

Location: Encinitas, CA

Description: This project was a complete remodel of San Dieguito United Methodist Church. The remodel included the sanctuary, chapel, kitchen, and restrooms. The sanctuary ceilings and stage were demolished and rebuilt with new tile, carpet and paint, a new privacy wall ramp with a wooden flame at the stage. All new lighting, stage lighting, a suspended wood flame feature, stainless steel finishes, and an all new sound system were installed. The chapel received new wood ceiling soffit, carpet, lighting, speakers, TV’s, cross, paint, and storefront. The kitchen received a new pantry with a sink and cabinets. The restrooms were designed with new fixtures, partitions, tile, paint, countertops, and doors. Lastly, two HVAC units were installed on the roof.

Applebee’s Indio

Location: Indio, CA

Architect: Lawrence J. Reeves

Description: This is the new “prototype Applebee’s will be using going forward. Project completed on schedule and the restaurant is now open for business.

Flour & Barley

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: Tassara Architecture & Design

Description: This project was a remodel of existing restaurant space converted to Flour & Barley, a brick oven pizza restaurant. The restaurant has a full service bar, both public, private and patio dining, wood fired stoves, and illuminated plantar boxes. The restaurant has all new finishes, custom paint and custom steel work.

Phil’s BBQ Santee

Location: San Diego, CA – Multiple Locations

Description: Remodel of existing 7,270-sf restaurant show casing Phil’s BBQ branding. Adding additional patio area and dining experience. Construction included an extensive smoke clarifier to filter all the black smoke from the wood fired grills. Along with the interior remodel, the exterior was modified; gable roofs were added to mimic Phil’s Sports Arena.

Piacere Mio

We have officially finished Piacere Mio. It is a new 2,700 square foot Italian restaurant that was built out of an existing building. The restaurant’s main features include a full kitchen, wood-fired pizza oven, and walk in cooler box. Piacere Mio has a full service bar that sits approximately 16 people. There is also an enclosed outdoor area with heaters.

Point Loma Seafoods

Location: San Diego, CA

Description: Demolishing the former 7,904-sf restaurant and seafood market a San Diego waterfront mainstay since 1955. It was replaced with a new two-story, 11,405-sf building in the California Cannery Row style seen in Monterey. It includes an indoor and outdoor dining area on the ground floor, a new patio on the second floor overlooking the bay, viewing areas and new landscaping with water-saving materials.

Also includes corporate offices, employee eating areas and smoker facilities. There is also a new lighthouse tower as a mini scale version of the old Point Loma Lighthouse. The mini lighthouse has a solar power system that will illuminate an internal glass prism at night.

Urge Common House

Location: San Marcos, CA

Architect: Richard & Richard Construction Co., Inc.

Description: The new Urge Common House and Mason Aleworks project in San Marcos across from California State University San Marcos. The 21,000 sq. ft. project is inclusive of a restaurant, brewing facility, bar, and bowling alley. The restaurant can seat up to 450 people and the facility also has a patio with games, like corn hole. Urge Gastropub’s brewing operation is Mason Ale Works and is projected to produce 5,000 barrels per year.

This project would not have been possible without Seabreeze Properties, Gary Levitt, Tony Frost, and our construction team. We’d also like to thank our photographer, Gary Chase, for the awesome photos!

Balboa Lofts Phase II

This was a 10 unit ground uprow home project. All units are separate from each other and the first floor contains the garage and is half recessed into the ground. The second floor of all units has the living room, dining room and kitchen with an island, walk-in pantry and powder room. The third floor is the master suite with a spacious bedroom and double sliding pocket single light doors take you into the master bath with extravagant finishes. The units average 1,650 square feet and the exterior of the units are a mixture of precision masonry block, wire cut brick veneer and stucco. Steel beams accent the third floor balcony overhang to give you that covered but still open feeling.

Bella Mente

Location: Vista, CA

Architect: R&R

Description: 2 story, 23,175 sq. ft. wood frame with stucco addition to existing 2 story classroom building for charter school. We added 12 new classrooms plus 2 additional classrooms to the existing building first floor and added 10 new classrooms at 2nd floor, new restrooms, administration offices and storage to accommodate the increase number of students.

Premier Jet

Location: Palomar Airport – Carlsbad, CAArchitect: Reeves Associates

Description: Construction of a private aircraft hangar and facility that covers more than 15-acres, including class A hangars and offices from 1,500 to 15,000-sf; additional work included reconstruction of runway and construction of new taxiways. Palomar Airport in Carlsbad is the gateway to and from San Diego’s North County, serving the general aviation community, corporate aircraft and commercial services with full service FBO

The Lofts

Description: The Lofts at Moonlight Beach located at Highway 101 and Encinitas Boulevard in Encinitas. The 57,536-sf, mixed-use development is comprised of one three-story building with two levels of residential lofts, one level of storefront commercial and one level of subterranean parking.

The Lofts consists of 18 units with two-bedroom, 2.5-bath lofts with decks. Additionally there are 15 retail spaces on the ground floor ranging from 550-sf to 1,200-sf.

The Quad

Location: San Marcos, CAArchitect: Safdie Rabines Architect

Description: Located directly across from California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) an off-campus student housing complex put together by public-private partnership. The complex nearly doubles the University’s student housing by adding 597 beds.

Phase 1 was open by the summer of 2012 and provided 288 beds. The second phase includes 309 more beds. The complex was designed and constructed to achieve LEED Silver designation by the U.S. Green Building Council, which recognizes the sustainability, efficiency and innovation of high performance buildings.

Both phases of the project were ahead of schedule and under budget. The 150,000-sf student housing complex includes 110 units. Each dorm features a full kitchen, stainless steel appliances, and a lounge space with a flat screen television, a full bathroom for every two beds and high speed fiber optics connection and Wi-Fi. Common area amenities will include two student lounges, classroom spaces, resort-style pool, barbeque, modern fitness center, game cave, laundry facilities and a catering kitchen. The Quad also consists of 8,000 sq. ft. of retail space on Campus Way.

Theta Chi Fraternity

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: NOAA

Description: 20,000 sq. ft. fraternity house that houses up to 70 men. this multi-unit facility is 4 stories including an industrial kitchen, underground parking, podium deck, libraries and media rooms.

Brookdale Senior Living

Location: California & Arizona

Description: Renovating existing senior living facilities. Richard & Richard has had a steady stream of renovations to these properties with hundreds of housing units for the senior community.

Five Star Senior Living

Location: Texas

Description: Renovating existing senior living facilities.

Sunrise Senior Living

Location: California

Description: Renovating existing senior living facilities.

AleSmith Brewing Co.

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: Marca-tects

Description: Richard & Richard Construction completed AleSmith Brewing Co.’s new 80 barrel brew house and tasting room, which is approximately 25,000 square feet with 60 beer handles that features distillery style copper jacketed sleeves. The brew house is exposed to the public through the tasting room.

Burgeon Beer Co.

Location: Carlsbad, CA

Description: R&R partnered with Burgeon Beer Company for construction of their new 9,925 SF craft beer production facility and tasting room in Carlsbad, CA. This project, the first of several future phases, includes a 15BBL steam brewhouse system with 30BBL and 15BBL fermenters, a 30BBL Brite Tank, and a cold storage box. The tasting room features reclaimed metal paneling with bartops, community tables and a living wall all made from cedar slabs harvested and milled by the Burgeon crew.

Burning Beard Brewery

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: Hauck Architecture

Description: The project included their tasting room, brewhouse, equipment yard and restrooms. We installed a 15BBL oversized steam powered brewhouse with 40BBL hot and cold liquor tanks, (5) 30BBL fermenters and (1) 30BBL brite tank which was installed with cellar controls by Chillitron. We also installed a filtration system with an RO water supply and a 520 sq. ft. cold box. In addition, we built an equipment yard with a 24HP dual compressor chiller and 47HP boiler. The entire brewery floor slopes to two trench drains and is finished with a urethane coating. Both men’s and women’s restrooms were built and sewer and water utilities were also installed.

Half Door Brewing Co.

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: Architect Mark D. Lyon Inc.

Description: Half Door Brewery is a family run brewpub located 1 block from Petco Park. It is a central hub for house-brewed beer and craft cocktails. This was an adaptive re-use project in Downtown San Diego from a 100-year old residence to a craft beer brewery and restaurant. R&R is just around the corner from starting Phase III that will be completed before the MLB All-Star game in July 2016.

North Park Brewing Co.

Location: San Diego, CA

Architect: Hauck Architecture

Description: North Park Beer Company is a new brewery founded by award winning home brewer Kelsey McNair. The 8,000 sq. ft. space deceivingly has three stories. The basement is used for grain handling and barrel storage. R&R installed a chain disk system to move crushed grain from the basement to the brewhouse on the main floor. At the heart of the brewery is an oversized 15BBL mash ton and direct fired kettle. A 40BBL HLT compliments the main brewing platform and stands proud as the largest vessel in the brewery. R&R also installed a 30BBL CLT, a pair of 30BBL fermenters and three 15BBL fermenters in the brewing area. The floor of the brewery received an Argelith tile pattern and is sloped to 20 foot trench drain. In the tasting room, the cold box is cladded in a rich stained oak wood finish with copper accents. Inside the cold box R&R installed two 30BBL serving tanks and four 15BBL serving tanks mounted on a steel rack to make room for kegged beer storage below. The rest of the tasting room is finished with old style lanterns and accent lighting in the barrel shaped roof structure. There is also a 2ndfloor mezzanine with an ADA lift with more wood finishes and a restroom for convenience.

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